Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-16
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lected S. Lem5urg, Prhemyol, JswslsW
DembitXs, RlaschsT and other points.
| ForsTssses a. Prhemycl and CrzcoH have
been converted into camp fortrssses.,
Russian territory can De bonbaEded from
the Crasow forts. 4 large qusatity OF
rolling stock has bsen accumulated
st Cracow adapted for use on
J Russian railways. Ali these preparations
are meaningless except IN view Of ofens-
| I've tactics, and show that Austr&a, under
| 3 sembIance OF peace, st the ssme time
PREPARING TO INysDE RCssTh
with her silly. WHIST is Russia doing in
view OF her Eeighbors' threatening
preparations, Notwithstanding the maD-
Hest danger? RusSe considers that g
European war would be terrible mis-
fortune to all mankind. She was NJ first
feverish, but her ornaments did
not increase out she decreased her
defensive forces. IN 1881 aud 1897
Russia reduced her peace # -ctive nearly
100, coo men. True, she raised it again In
consequence of the Afghan ansir ana the
necessity of improving her readiness,
10 mobilize when her neighJorss
raised their fighting strength. Eeverthe-
less the peace effective of the Russian
army is now 1888 less than in
1881, while her nsighbors In
the same period have raised their
peace effective $4,000. Doubtless
Russis, in the event of war, will assem-
BILE 8 large army, the concentration Of
which on the frontier will be incompara-
bly more difficult for her than will the
concentration
BY HER NEIGHBORS
at the same place. During last year 1898
kilometers of railway have been built in
the western provinces of Russia. In Ger
man and Austrian eastern provinces dur
ing the same period $500 kiIometers
have been built. Moreover
the srea in which Russia
has constructed her railways is twice as
large as that In which her neighSors have
built such lines. The Russian railways
now here psss outside the defense lines
of the triangle formed by ST.
Petersburg, Warsaw AID Odessa.
Our neighbors' lines, however,
run straight to the Russian frontier.
Il is easy to understand they are not
mafa for advanced posts but for the
Concentration OF troops. A glance at the
map will suffice to show that s
CLOSE UeG NOIh~ VI
the district along the Russian frontier
compared with the Insignificant number
of Russians that Russia can rely on. Not
only from Germany but from the Austrian
frontier Russian territory is menaced
with rapid invasion. The most effective
measure against this danger would be
TO EXTEND RUSSIAN RAILWAYS
unsn they attsin the proportions Of those
otssar neighbors, bat for that enormous
expense, time is required and there
fore there is only one course, to
improve our defenses and fortresses and
increase the number Of troops on the
frontier and thereby guard against sur
prise. Our neighDors' increased military
preparations i'll 1886 compelled Rus
sia to devise counter measures,
which will be gradually executed.
The transfer of few cavalry regiments
on the ,stuls might certainly be made
q pretext to excite the press snd public
opinion to charge Russia with warlika in
tentions German aud Austrian military
authorities understood the defensive
character CT this measure. They can calmly
calculate how many corps Russia
will have to send to the frontier while
peace Is undlsturbed, 80 that, after con-
centrating at any given point, the forces
and means st her disposal might sufice to
place Russia on footing Of equality
WITH HER OPPONENTS.
They can also calculate the strength OF
the forces with which In event of War
Russia could be rapidly invaded. They
c.n still poise by sudden action
to win comparatively ehesp laurels, bat
high Russian military officers, VINO do not
fear the ultimate issue Of confilcs, even
if the whole forces OF the peace
league moved out against Rus
STA, nevertheless openly recognize
that the defense Of Russian territory Is not
yet assured, and IL the peace league con-
siders itself justified in developing its
defensive measures 30 far as to bring GER
tain. Russian districts under the range
of lthe guns of its advanced
forces, Russia has the undounbted right
to provide for her defense end to take
every measure to uphold her honor asd
maintain the integrity of her territory.